Monday 15 April 2013

Aaaah, that explains the news today that this years Opium crop in Afghanistan is predicted to be a record breaker ...

Since 2008 they've all been switching to something which slows them down and makes them less aggressive, rather than hypes them up !

Ex-drugs tsar: Financial crisis was caused by too many bankers taking cocaine

Professor David Nutt claims the drug made traders 'overconfident' and led them to take more risks
 
Afghan opium crop to hit record high as farmers return to planting illicit poppies 

 

Afghanistan last year provided about 75 per cent of the global crop — a figure that may spike to 90 per cent this year 

nb : correction emailed by one MW "the Afghans do not produce 90% of "global crop". They provide 90% of poppies used for illegal heroin. The Tasmanians produce as much again for legal official uses." so that Indie sub-head relates to "the illicit crop" 

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